*'''[[User:Dwight Tyler Fields|Dwight Tyler Fields]] 16:22, 15 April 2013 (EDT)''': What makes one polymer better than another for cell scaffolding?

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*'''[[User:Dwight Tyler Fields|Dwight Tyler Fields]] 16:22, 15 April 2013 (EDT)''': Can you elaborate on the biomaterials used for 3D printing of scaffolds?

*'''[[User:Dwight Tyler Fields|Dwight Tyler Fields]] 16:31, 15 April 2013 (EDT)''': I get the impression from your page that current 3D printing technology available to consumers, like that made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot_Industries MakerBot], is not that different from the scaffolding printers you discuss. What would it take to upgrade a consumer 3D printer to do this kind of thing? Just a different material?

*'''[[User:Dwight Tyler Fields|Dwight Tyler Fields]] 16:31, 15 April 2013 (EDT)''': I get the impression from your page that current 3D printing technology available to consumers, like that made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot_Industries MakerBot], is not that different from the scaffolding printers you discuss. What would it take to upgrade a consumer 3D printer to do this kind of thing? Just a different material?

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Dwight Tyler Fields 16:22, 15 April 2013 (EDT): Can you elaborate on the biomaterials used for 3D printing of scaffolds?

Dwight Tyler Fields 16:31, 15 April 2013 (EDT): I get the impression from your page that current 3D printing technology available to consumers, like that made by MakerBot, is not that different from the scaffolding printers you discuss. What would it take to upgrade a consumer 3D printer to do this kind of thing? Just a different material?